The day after Valentine’s Day 2014, Jamie Lee Metzger posted a close-up selfie with her boyfriend, Carl Maes, on her Facebook page. She has a big grin, he looks like he got caught off-guard by the flash of the camera. Friends commented that it was a cute picture, and that they miss Metzger. For...

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An updated rendering by EHDD Architecture of San Francisco shows what Da Vinci’s proposed science center and aquarium would look like. The center would be located at the corner of South Third Street in Easton on three acres currently occupied by the Days Inn.

An updated rendering by EHDD Architecture of San Francisco shows what Da Vinci’s proposed science center and aquarium would look like. The center would be located at the corner of South Third Street in Easton on three acres currently occupied by the Days Inn. (Distributed Photo/EHDD Architecture)

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To many, November is known for Thanksgiving, shoulder-to-shoulder shopping and maybe even the year’s first flurry. Add one more thing to the list in the Lehigh Valley: an unseasonably hot housing market. Statistically, the area’s housing market last month was one of the most notable Novembers in...

A B. Braun subsidiary that has its U.S. headquarters in Center Valley is buying the assets of a California company — maybe. Aesculap Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Dextera Surgical Inc., a Redwood City, Calif., manufacturer of stapling devices for minimally invasive...

A controversial proposal to reverse the flow of the state's biggest motor fuel pipeline would cut off Philadelphia refiners from Pittsburgh markets. But would it be bad for motorists? Business adversaries offered starkly different assessments of the consumer impact of a proposal to reverse the...

Though it's a relatively wonderful life for TV cord-cutters, George Bailey, Clark Griswold and Will Ferrell's "Elf" are still available only on a pay-per-view basis this month. Festive streamers will have to settle for Santa Paws 2, which has yet to claw its way into the Christmas canon. Most classic...